Marija Omaljev (born 5 December 1982) is a Croatian–American film, theater and television actress.
Biography
Marija Omaljev, also known as Mara Omaljev and Mara Auriel, was born on 5 December 1982 in
Novi Sad
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,
SR Serbia
The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...
, then part of
SFR Yugoslavia
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. As a pre-teen she moved with her family to
Rovinj
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, Croatia, where she graduated elementary school and high school. In high school, she was a member of Rovinj's theater
Gandusio, while she also played in her school's drama assemble.
In 2003, she entered
Academy of Performing Arts at the
University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...
, Bosnia, where she earned her M.A. degree in
acting
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
Acting involves a broad range of sk ...
. Mara started her professional acting career on the main stage of the
Sarajevo National Theatre
The Sarajevo National Theatre ( Bosnian and Serbian: ''Narodno pozorište Sarajevo'', Народно позориште Сарајево, Croatian: ''Narodno kazalište Sarajevo'') is the largest theatre in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the ...
, where she performed in various classical and contemporary plays. She also starred as a leading actress in more than ten prime time TV series and TV sitcoms such as
Zakon ljubavi,
Dolina sunca,
Lud, zbunjen, normalan,
Ruža vjetrova
''Ruža vjetrova'' (), often abbreviated to ''RV'', is a Croatian television soap opera. The show was created by Dinko Paleka and first broadcast on RTL Televizija on 29 August 2011. ''Ruža vjetrova'' is an original idea made by Dinko Paleka, a ...
,
The Real O'Neals as well as in Croatian, Bosnian, German, Austrian, Turkish and American feature Films.
She married a Bosnian-American actor
Miraj Grbić
Miraj Grbić (born 17 July 1976) is a Bosnian–American film, television and theater actor.
Biography
Grbić graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts, Sarajevo, Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo at the University of Sarajevo, where he ...
in 2008. Since 2013, they are living in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, United States. They had a daughter Billie on October 15, 2021
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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* http://www.glasistre.hr/vijesti/mozaik/marija-omaljev-za-10-godina-vidim-se-u-los-angelesu-399699
* http://www.gloria.hr/marija-omaljev-i-miraj-grbic-zudnja-za-prvim-tv-poljupcem/
* http://www.24sata.hr/domace-zvijezde/zvijezde-ruze-vjetrova-nosile-su-humanitarnu-modnu-reviju-303463
* https://web.archive.org/web/20131002191253/http://www.avaz.ba/showbiz/film-i-tv/marija-omaljev-i-miraj-grbic-snimaju-ruzu-vjetrova
* http://www.story.hr/marija-omaljev-suprug-i-ja-prihvacamo-projekte-u-istim-gradovima-108367
1982 births
Living people
Actresses from Novi Sad
Croatian actresses
Croatian emigrants to the United States
Croats of Vojvodina
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